Friday, March 7, 2014
Matthew 22, 23-33 + CSDC and CV
(CV 34d) As I said in my Encyclical Letter Spe Salvi, history is thereby deprived
of Christian hope [86], deprived of a powerful social resource at the
service of integral human development, sought in freedom and in justice. Hope
encourages reason and gives it the strength to direct the will [87]. It is already present in faith, indeed it is called
forth by faith. Charity in truth feeds on hope and, at the same time, manifests
it. As the absolutely gratuitous gift of God, hope bursts into our lives as
something not due to us, something that transcends every law of justice.
Notes: [86] Cf. no. 17: AAS 99 (2007),
1000. [87] Cf. ibid., 23: loc. cit.,
1004-1005.
CSDC 101b. Laborem
Exercens outlines a spirituality and
ethic of work in the context of a profound theological and philosophical
reflection. Work must not be understood only in the objective and material
sense, but one must keep in mind its subjective dimension, insofar as it is
always an expression of the person. Besides being a decisive paradigm for
social life, work has all the dignity of being a context in which the person's
natural and supernatural vocation must find fulfilment.
[23] On that day Sadducees approached him, saying that
there is no resurrection. They put this question to him, [24] saying,
"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies 16 without children, his brother
shall marry his wife and raise up descendants for his brother.' [25] Now there
were seven brothers among us. The first married and died and, having no
descendants, left his wife to his brother. [26] The same happened with the
second and the third, through all seven. [27] Finally the woman died. [28] Now
at the resurrection, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had
been married to her." [29] Jesus said to them in reply, "You are misled
because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God. [30] At the
resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the
angels in heaven. [31] And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you
not read what was said to you by God, [32] 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the
living." [33] When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his
teaching.
CSDC 14. By means of the present document, the
Church intends to offer a contribution of truth to the question of man's place
in nature and in human society, a question faced by civilizations and cultures
in which expressions of human wisdom are found. Rooted in a past that is
often thousands of years old and manifesting themselves in forms of religion,
philosophy and poetic genius of every time and of every people, these civilizations and
cultures offer their own interpretation of the universe and of human society,
and seek an understanding of existence and of the mystery that surrounds it.
Who am I? Why is there pain, evil, death, despite all the progress that has
been made? What is the value of so many accomplishments if the cost has been
unbearable? What will there be after this life? These are the basic questions
that characterize the course of human life[17]. In this regard, we can recall
the admonition “Know yourself”, carved on the temple portal at Delphi,
which testifies to the basic truth that man, called to be set apart from the
rest of creation, is man precisely because in his essence he is oriented
to knowing himself.
Notes: [17] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral
Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 10: AAS 58 (1966), 1032.
[Initials and
Abbreviations.- CSDC: Pontifical Council for Justice And Peace, Compendium of the Social
Doctrine of the Church; - SDC: Social Doctrine of the Church; - CV: Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in truth)]
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